The Australian Jewish News
The Australian Jewish News is a newspaper published in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.[1]
History
The Hebrew Standard of Australasia was first published on 1 November 1895 in Sydney by founding editor Alfred Harris.[2] In 1953 John Shaiak purchased the newspaper and changed its name to The Australian Jewish Times (AJT).[2][3] In 1987, Richard Pratt bought the AJT and merged it with the Melbourne-based Australian Jewish News. From 1990, the newspaper has been published weekly nationally as The Australian Jewish News.[1]
Digitisation
The Hebrew Standard of Australasia has been digitised from 1895 to 1953 and is available online through Trove via the National Library of Australia.[4]
References
- ^ a b The Australian Jewish news, Australian Jewish Press, 1989, retrieved 4 December 2016
- ^ a b "History of the Australian Jewish News in print and online". The Australian Jewish News. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ The Australian Jewish times, Charter Press, 1953, ISSN 0725-4385
- ^ "The Hebrew Standard of Australasia (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1953)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 December 2016.